From Insurrection to Revolution in Mexico : Social Bases of Agrarian Violence, 1750-1940

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although From Insurrection To Revolution In Mexico Pursues A Variety Of Engaging Issues, It Is Firmly Organized Around A Central Question: Why Did Father Miguel Hidalgo's Massive Peasant Uprising Of 1810 Fail To Transform Colonial Society And Why, By Contrast, Did The Several Agrarian Movements Of 1910 Contribute Fundamentally To A Social Revolution? . . . Its Ambitious Scope, Original Research, Convincing Contrasts, And Direct Encounter Of Theory And Primary Evidence Are Qualities That Place This Book Among The Best Recent Contributions To Historical Sociology.--john Walton, American Journal Of Sociology

john Walton - American Journal Of Sociology

although From Insurrection To Revolution In Mexico Pursues A Variety Of Engaging Issues, It Is Firmly Organized Around A Central Question: Why Did Father Miguel Hidalgo's Massive Peasant Uprising Of 1810 Fail To Transform Colonial Society And Why, By Contrast, Did The Several Agrarian Movements Of 1910 Contribute Fundamentally To A Social Revolution? . . . Its Ambitious Scope, Original Research, Convincing Contrasts, And Direct Encounter Of Theory And Primary Evidence Are Qualities That Place This Book Among The Best Recent Contributions To Historical Sociology.

Introduction -- Part One: The Origins Of Insurrections, 1750-1816 -- Part Two: Toward Agrarian Revolution, 1810-1940 -- Conclusion -- Appendices. John Tutino. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. [399]-417. In 1910, Emilio Zapata led the villagers of Anenecuilco, in the state of Morelos south of Mexico City, in a fight over lands claimed by a nearby sugar estate.